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And much closer together than if driven manually, allowing an increased service frequency. we are running 12 trains an hour, and the reason we can drive the trains a lot faster is because the computer controlling it is maintaining the distance between the trains ahead. so there is always a safe gap between them all, which can't be maintained on the normal network because of where the signalling system is set up. now, it has been a bumpy ride to get to this point. when construction began way back in 2009, it was europe's biggest infrastructure project. but it was beset by problems, and has open...

And has opened 3.5 years late and £4 billion over budget. many of the delays to the project were put down to the complexity of integrating three separate signalling systems. to the east and the west of london, drivers operate the trains manually, where more traditional signalling is in operation. the central core however it uses a system of signalling called moving block. normally you have a fixed block, where you have a colour light signal that tells the driver that a train is clear ahead, whereas with us it is saying it is clear ahead so you can run as many trains as you want to. i can run ...